Continued from Albuquerque Day 1.

Typical family traveling tradition today as well, the activities of the car are surprises for the children.

What’s not a surprise is morning coffee and chocolate croissants.

Forgot what was happening here, but obviously some sort of napkin game.

Short drive inside Albuquerque and we are at a park.

Go kids, use up your energy. It’s definitely hot here in Albuquerque. Good thing it’s still only mid morning so its bearable.

Short time at a park then across the street to Explora, a children’s museum. This place was a sleeper hit. It’s an amazing children’s museum, puts the Thinkery in Austin to shame.

Rube Goldberg machine. My kids loved it as much as me.

They constructed a dam.

Slime making station.

This may have been their favorite activity here, we came home with like 6 different colors of slim.

The employees at the slime station suggested that we go upstairs and visit the bubbles station.

This was my favorite station for sure.

Bubble screen.

So satisfying making giant bubbles.

Sandia mountains.

RL was set on making a circular structure.

Completed. Mainly because it was time to go and not because this was how she wanted to leave it.

Biggest elevator I’ve ever been in. Has couches and a piano inside.

In the elevator there’s this table where you can make hexagonal patterns by putting your hands under the top.

A really surprisingly awesome kids museum, and in Albuquerque of all places.

Alright, time for lunch. Everyone is getting hangry now.

Old town Albuquerque.

Old town plaza.

Lunch spot. The building is one of the oldst buildings in Albuquerque.

Turned out to be a really difficult lunch. They were short staffed, so food came out slowly. We were all hangry, so it made the wait really tedious.

Also brought out the wrong drink for RL.

Food is here, so things are improving. Overall, a dining experience to forget due to the slow service and the kids acting up.

After that meal, it was time for a short nap back at our hotel. We are worn out from so many days on the road.

Not enough nap later, time to take another short drive in Albuquerque to see some friends.

Oh damn, there’s a big fire.

We later found out that there was a warehouse fire at a recycling hub on the news.

Our friends TG and DG had moved from Austin to Albuquerque. The kids were surprised and excited to see their friends that they haven’t seen in a while. They also got to meet the D’s dog, Violet, who is possibly the worlds sweetest dog.

Kids being kids, a split moment of awkwardness and then back to playing together nonstop.

Home cooked steak dinner, yum.

Then tres leches to complete the meal.

Of course, we also managed to polish off a good amount of a bottle of honey whiskey while we were at it. We were here visiting for about 6 hours, and it seriously felt like maybe an hour or two. Time flies when you are having too much fun.

Too much fun.

To be continued at Home, Sweet Home.